Analysis of A Number of Things
Days go by,
People cry tears,
Some live some die,
Hope it didn't happen,
But it's too much.,
War is ever over...
It lasts too long
Any war any day...
Some live some die...
Civilian casualties high
Forgive. Will come back later.
| Scheme | a x A x x b x x A a b |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1011 1111 111010 1111 111010 1111 101101 1111 01010001 0111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 15 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Days go by, and there is sadness,.b
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